Biotage has announced the launch of enhanced gradient optimisation (GO) technology for its Isolera flash purification product line.
This technology can reduce solvent use and cost by 60 per cent or more, according to the company.
Sample purification is a useful tool for synthetic organic chemists, but the costs associated with acquiring and disposing of solvents continues to increase.
For many labs, the total solvent consumption used in purification work can be more than half of the lab's yearly budget.
'Biotage's new gradient optimisation technology capability allows researchers to automatically convert less efficient linear gradients to an optimised step gradient with the press of a button,' said Bob Bickler, senior product manager at Biotage.
'Linear gradients typically use 13 or more column volumes of solvent but the Isolera GO feature can reduce the number of column volumes to seven or even five, reducing solvent use by 60 per cent or more,' he added.
The GO solvent-saving feature is available on all new Isolera systems.
